Will London Fall? . . . US newspaper portrays negative image of London post-Brexit

Times sketchwriter Patrick Kidd – who was called out for mocking the French in the article – said: “Someone once wrote that papers should use a type called ‘ironic’ like italic but slanting backwards to help Americans”.

Tory MP and leading Brexiteer Kwasi Kwarteng said it was a shoddy piece of work.